Karuna III

The single Sanskrit word, karuna, written in walnut ink with a folded pen
with watercolor in the negative spaces.

This is a study in positive and negative space.
I began by just writing the word over and over, paying attention to the positive and negative spaces that were emerging.
Once I had completed the calligraphy part, I went back and filled in the spaces with watercolor,
giving emphasis to certain aspects of the text.

a single word, the Sanskrit, Karuna (compassion), written in walnut ink with a folded pen with watercolor used in the negative spaces

Similar to a lot of my other recent work,
I was drawn to making this a very wide piece, so after I had completed the painting,
I cut the entire page into thirds to create a wide horizontal final result.
The image below is the final piece, hanging above my studio door.